AwardsWatch - ‘The Mastermind’ Review: Josh O’Connor Is Caught Stealing in Kelly Reichardt’s Vietnam Era Portrait of an Art Thief [A-] Cannes
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The Mastermind – first-look review
It’s difficult to say what truly motivates James Blaine Mooney (Josh O’Connor) to blow up his own life. Frustration, perhaps, with an uninspired suburban existance with his wife Terri (Alana Haim) and their two rambunctious sons Tommy and Carl (Jasper and Sterling Thompson). A juvenile desire to embarrass his father, a county judge, in front of their community? Perhaps it’s sheer, pig-headed hubris – he’s an art school drop out relying on hand-o…
Kelly Reichardt has cast Josh O'Connor in the lead role of her new film, The Mastermind. She paints a unique portrait of a magnificent loser, wandering after orchestrating a museum robbery. We meet.
Kelly Reichardt's "The Mastermind" is about a bizarre museum theft. The film, which just premiered in Cannes, is a lighthearted and subtle exploration of the value of art.
AwardsWatch - ‘The Mastermind’ Review: Josh O’Connor is Caught Stealing in Kelly Reichardt’s Vietnam Era Portrait of an Art Thief [A-] Cannes
Early in Kelly Reichardt’s new anti-heist film, The Mastermind, J.B. Mooney (Josh O’Connor) stops in front of a security guard on his way out of the Framingham Museum of Art to tie his shoe. His wife Terri (Alana Haim proving she’s perfect for another 70s-set project after Licorice Pizza) and their two sons, Carl and…
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